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    "id": 1119176,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1119176/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "is global. Domestic violence is worse when it comes to women who are the worst victims. There is a silent killer that we must say. There are people who are preying on our athletes. They know they have won gold medals in the world; like gone to New York marathon and won. They come and pretend to extending help to them and they end up having relationships, begin registering properties for these ladies, young girls aged 18 to 22 years in their own name. As the investigations go on, we are aware, as was said to the family to us, that the lady’s property was registered in the name of the suspected murderer and had appropriated most of her property; the money, the vehicles, the land and house. This is a national crisis. When I spoke to the President of Athletics Kenya, Retired Lieutenant General Tuwei, he promised me that this House is going to get the Bill from the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage which they have been working on by December. It creates a structure within which all our athletes will be given psychosocial support in everything they do. These are young people who are handling money for the first time. They have worked so hard but they may not have the capacity to manage the resources they have. If you go to Iten, Nandi, Uasin Gishu and some parts of Trans Nzoia and West Pokot where athletes live, you will find so many former athletes who were world champions living in abject poverty because people took advantage of them. Unfortunately, the disease of alcoholism has taken over their lives and some of them have become victims of shylocks. I know someone who is still an athlete who almost lost his house last week because of shylocks. Madam Deputy Speaker, all these athletes require the support of the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage and Athletics Kenya (AK) to ensure that there is a structure where they are trained on how they handle their property, family and other social concerns. This is so that we do not find ourselves in a situation of our sister Agnes Tirop. In conclusion, if you would give me two minutes---"
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